The interrogator's fallacy
Article Abstract:
Matthews' theory on the interrogator's fallacy holds that a confession can sometimes indicate innocence, such as when an innocent person is more likely to confess to a crime than a guilty person. Conditional probability explains this theory. Bayesian inference may help jurors make better decisions.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Alphamagic squares
Article Abstract:
Lee Sallows invented the alphamagic square, an improved and more challenging version of the magic square in the 1980s. He developed a general theory to obtain common totals for both numbers and words.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
All paths lead away from Rome
Article Abstract:
A mathematical problem is given regarding a fight between lions and gladiators.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: The ultimate challenge. Making way for runways. On the cutting edge
- Abstracts: The silk road. Impressions. Movers and shakers
- Abstracts: Vaccines for Ebola. Alleviating Alzheimer's. Managing melanoma
- Abstracts: The nematode as a guide to human brain disease. Cell death studies yield cancer clues. New 'Alzheimer's mouse' produced
- Abstracts: The tide of memory, turning. Dendrites shed their dull image